Concha Argüeso: SISTAS – Die Kunst der Freundschaft
(The Art of Friendship)

Exhibition
23.10.2026 – 31.12.2026 24/7

A TRANS–Vitrine U–Zoologischer Garten,
Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz in 10787 Berlin

Concha Argüeso’s installation „Sistas“ is a tribute to friendship—to that special bond that unites freedom, trust, and joy.
The heads are those of the artist’s friends. Concha Argüeso shares life paths, memories, and experiences with them. In the installation, colorful shadows become visible between matter and light. They appear familiar and cheerful, creating a vibrant yet mysterious space between the „Sistas“ that represents more than just the individual connection – a place of hope and transformation.
„Sistas“ invites us to perceive friendship more consciously as a creative and social force and embodies the artist’s desire to experience this exhibition herself as an act of friendship.

Photos by Florian von Ploetz

For further information:
www.atrans.org | www.conchaargüeso.eu
Instagram: @atrans | @conchargueso

12.09.2026  | 12 Uhr (bis voraussichtlich 15 Uhr)

Treffpunkt: A TRANS- Vitrine Zoologischer Garten, Bahnsteig U9, Hardenbergplatz, 10787 Berlin

Temporäre und permanente künstlerische Interventionen in Berlin anhand der Arbeiten von Alexandra Spiegel und Daniel Buren

Ausstellung & dialogische Kunstvermittlung mit Ortswechseln

Orte: A TRANS & Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales & Konrad Fischer Galerie

Teilnehmer*innen: 10-25

nach vorheriger Anmeldung bis 10.09.2026 (in@atrans.org)

Programm-Flyer

FRANZ – Ein gemeinsames Projekt von Marcus Golter und Martin Mehlitz

Zur Ausstellung erscheint ein kleiner Katalog mit freundlichem Support von A trans Potsdam e. V.

Bürgerbüro der Minister des Landes Brandenburg Dr. Manja Schüle und Robert Crumbach

Friedrich Ebert Straße 93
14467 Potsdam
16.00 – 19.00 Uhr

Die Ausstellung wird drei Monate lang zu den Büro-Öffnungszeiten zu sehen sein.

20 YEARS A TRANS

20 YEARS LOVE FOR ART

20 YEARS PROJECT SPACE

I am grateful for all the wonderful collaboration and art work, I was invited to bring to life and support.

A TRANS started in August, 5th 2006 with A trans Pavilion at the Hackesche Höfe Berlin:

Svenja Hehner, DER SCHÖNE SCHEIN.

Opening: Thursday, 30.07.2026      6:30 – 7:00 pm

The artist will be present.

Exhibition: 31.07.2026 – 17.10.2026     24/7

A TRANS–Vitrine U–Zoologischer Garten,

Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz in 10787 Berlin

The analog video still of the work “I’m ready” was created during a carousel ride by Alexandra Spiegel and is reminiscent of the amusement park “West-Eisbahn”, which existed around the Zoo train station in the 19th century.

It does not depict architecture in the classical sense, but rather a photograph of so-called „flying structures“ (*Fliegende Bauten*). It reveals spaces that only emerge through movement—spaces composed of light, memory, friendship, and time. “I’m ready” explores that fleeting moment between holding on and fading away. In doing so, the carousel becomes a metaphor. It connects people with things, bodies with machines, and individuals with a shared experience. Within the circle of motion, a sense of closeness and relationships emerge—connections that are as real as they are ephemeral.

Media scholar Ralf Bohn describes a carousel ride as a transition. In the sense of a dialectical sublation (*Aufhebung*), the existing state is transformed. Movement generates insight; a loss of control opens up new perceptions.

The exhibition title „I’m ready“ is borrowed from the chorus of the song „Zoo Station“, featured on the U2 album “Achtung Baby!” (released in 1991). Recorded in Berlin, the song—like the band’s name itself—refers to the exhibition venue: the Zoologischer Garten station.

Alexandra Spiegel is an architect and artist who lives and works in Berlin, engaging in interdisciplinary practice. Her work is exhibited in art institutions and museums and is represented in various public and private collections.

For further information:

www.atrans.org  |  www.alexandraspiegel.de

Instagram: @atrans  |  @alexandraspiegel.berlin

Finissage

Saturday, 25.07.26      6:30 PM

„Albrecht Fersch spielt auf der Killer-Kalimba“

In the presence of the artist.

Location

A TRANS Vitrine U – Zoologischer Garten (Platform U9), Hardenbergplatz in 10787 Berlin

Finissage_ Performance Albrecht Fersch

For further information:

www.atrans.org  |  www.lvputtkamer.de

Instagram: @atrans  |  @lvputtkamer

Lilla von Puttkamer_   “Freundschaft in finsteren Zeiten“ (Friendship in dark times)

Exhibition

25.04.2026 – 25.07.2026     24/7

A TRANS–Vitrine U–Zoologischer Garten,

Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz in 10787 Berlin

©Florian von Ploetz

©Florian von Ploetz

©Florian von Ploetz

The starting point for the large-format, site-specific paintings is Hannah Arendt’s concept of “friendship in dark times” – as an attitude that makes the world habitable together. The painting becomes a space for resonance within the context of urban transitional zones. A snapshot of a collective forming unintentionally. The chain of relationships – sustained by glances, gestures, proximity, and anonymity – continues in the people who pass the platform daily.

Items left behind, such as a map of Berlin’s public transport network, banana peels, cigarettes, a key and a handkerchief, all made of ceramics, point to the fragility of everyday life.

The German-Hungarian artist Lilla von Puttkamer lives and works in Berlin. Her work is exhibited internationally in art institutions and museums and is represented in various public and private collections.

With the support of Kulturbeirat Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf